(a.1)
"angler with a disability" means a person who holds a valid inland fishery licence, a river specific inland fishery licence or a valid family inland fishery licence and has a disability affecting angling activities;

(b)
"beaver management area" means a part of the province to which the regulations respecting the trapping of beaver under a trapline licence shall apply, those areas being described in an order made under these regulations respecting the trapping of beaver;

(c)
"beaver trapline" means that part of a beaver management area to which a person has been granted exclusive beaver trapping rights under licence;

(d)
"big game" includes bear, caribou, moose and all members of the deer family;

(d.01)
"cohabiting partner" means either of 2 persons who have cohabited in a conjugal relationship outside of marriage for at least one year;

(d.1)
"conservation licence" means a one week, one tag licence as prescribed by the minister;

(d.2)
"designated angler" means a person who holds a valid inland fishery licence, river specific inland fishery licence or a valid family inland fishery licence and is specified by an angler with a disability to angle and retain a species of fish that the angler with a disability is permitted by law to catch and retain, but does not include a person who is prohibited by the court from holding an inland fishery licence;

(d.3)
"designated hunter" means a person who has completed a hunter training course or program recognized by the minister and is specified by a hunter with a disability to shoot and retrieve a big game animal of the kind and sex named on the licence of the hunter with a disability, but does not include a person who is prohibited by the court from possessing a firearm or holding a big game licence;

(d.4)
"disability affecting angling activities" means a permanent impairment or other permanent medical condition which, in the opinion of a health care provider, restricts a person's ability to perform the activities of angling, including accessing a place from which to angle, retaining and releasing fish;

(d.5)
"disability affecting hunting activities" means a permanent impairment or other permanent medical condition which, in the opinion of a health care provider, restricts a person's ability to perform the activities of hunting, including shooting and retrieving a big game animal;

(e)
"domestic bird" includes non-native species kept in captivity but does not include native species kept in captivity or non-native species present in the wild state;

(f)
"firearm" means a device by which a missile is discharged by means of an explosive propellant or by compressed air or by a spring and includes sporting guns of all calibres, automatic or autoloading guns, repeating guns, pump guns, set guns, swivel guns, punt guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers of every description, crossbows, longbows and compound bows;

(g)
"fishery officer and fishery guardian" include persons appointed or designated as such under section 5 of the Fisheries Act
;

(i)
"game licence" means a licence to hunt, take or kill any game by shooting or snaring as specified in the licence or in an order made under these regulations respecting the hunting of the particular species;

(i.1)
"health care provider" means a person licensed as a medical practitioner under the Medical Act, 2011
, as a nurse practitioner under the Registered Nurses Act, 2008
or as a practitioner under the Optometry Act, 2012
;

(i.2)
"hooks" and "hooked" means to be in possession of a hook and line with the line held in the hand, or a hook, line and rod with the rod held in the hand, when a fish takes the attached bait, lure or artificial fly as prescribed by the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada);

(j)
"hunt", "take", "kill" or "trap" includes an attempt to hunt, take, kill or trap;

(j.1)
"hunter with a disability" means a person who holds a valid big game licence issued by the minister and has a disability affecting hunting activities;

(k)
"inland waters" means all the inland waters defined as such in the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
);

(k.1)"legally blind" means a permanent impairment or other permanent medical condition in which a person, in the opinion of a
health care provider,

(i)
has no better than 20/200 vision, that is, he or she, with the best possible correction can see less at 6 metres than a person with normal vision can see at 61 metres, or

(ii)
has a maximum diameter of field of vision in both eyes of less than 20°;

(k.2)
"licensed fur farm" means a fur farm for which a licence has been issued and is in force under the Animal Health and Protection Act
and the Fur Farming Regulations
made under that Act;

(l)
"licensed guide" means the holder of a guide's licence issued to him or her and valid under the Guides Regulations
;

(m)
"management area" means a part of the province to which the regulations respecting the hunting or trapping of wild life shall apply, that area being described in an order made under these regulations respecting the hunting or trapping of the species concerned;

(n)
"minister" means the minister appointed under the Executive Council Act
to administer the Act;

(o)
"Northern Peninsula" means the peninsula in the northern part of Newfoundland and Labrador having as its southern boundary a line drawn from the northern extremity of Deer Arm, Bonne Bay, to White Point, at the entrance of Sop's Arm, White Bay;

(o.1)
[Rep. by NLR 101/15 s1]

(o.2)
[Rep. by NLR 101/15 s1]

(p)
"ptarmigan" includes rock or barren or willow ptarmigan, commonly called partridge;

(p.1)
"river specific inland fishery licence" means an inland fishery licence issued by the minister for an area designated under section 4.1;

(p.2)
"service animal" means a service animal as defined in the Service Animal Act
;

(q)
"shed antlers" means antlers shed naturally by big game animals, moose and caribou, over winter, and are found on the ground, each side being separate and not joined;

(r.1)
"spouse" means either of 2 persons who are married to each other;

(s)
"taxidermy" means the practice of preserving or mounting wild life or parts of wild life;

(t)
"vehicle" means a device in, upon or in which a person or property may be transported or drawn over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland and other natural terrain and includes an aircraft or air-cushioned vehicle;

(u)
"wild bird" means a bird other than a domestic bird;

(v)
"wild life checkstation" means mobile trailer, wild life patrol cabin, other structure or motor vehicle equipped with signs, established by the Wild Life Division in or near a management area for the enforcement of the Act and regulations; and

2.1
(1) These regulations do not apply to a fur bearing animal that is maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm, or the pelt or other parts of that animal.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), these regulations apply to a fur bearing animal that escapes or is released from a licensed fur farm, or the pelt or other parts of that animal.

(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), these regulations apply to a wild fur bearing animal that was not previously maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm and is captured in the province and subsequently maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm, or the pelt or other parts of that animal.

2.2
(1) These regulations do not apply to an animal that is maintained or kept in captivity in a circus.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), sections 82, 83 and 84 apply to an animal that is maintained or kept in captivity in a circus.

(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), these regulations apply to an animal that escapes or is released from a circus.

(4)
For the purpose of this section,

(a)
"circus" means a mobile place in which animals held and exhibited are made to perform behaviours at the direction of a human handler or trainer for the entertainment or education of members of the public and excludes a dog show, a horse show and a livestock fair; and

3.
(1) The minister may, upon application by a person, issue to that person

(a)
an inland fishery licence to take salmon or trout by angling; or

(b)
a family inland fishery licence to take salmon or trout by angling.

(2)
For the purpose of this section, "family" means a parent or parents and their children including adopted and foster children and children of whom the parents are guardian, a grandparent or grandparents and their grandchildren, and a person and his or her spouse or cohabiting partner, but does not include an individual person.

(3)
Only children and grandchildren under the age of 18 years may participate in a family inland fishery licence.

4.
(1) There shall be issued with every inland fishery licence to take salmon and every family inland fishery licence to take salmon tags and those tags shall bear the same number as the licence.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where additional tags are issued, those tags may bear a number that differs from the number on the licence provided that there is recorded on the licence and elsewhere as the minister considers appropriate, the number found on the additional tags.

4.1
The minister may, by order, designate an area or areas of the province for which river specific inland fishery licences and tags may be issued, subject to the terms and conditions that the minister may prescribe.

5.
A person may, for a season, apply for, be issued and hold one inland fishery licence to take salmon or one family inland fishery licence to take salmon but shall not apply for, be issued or hold both of these for the same season.

5.1Notwithstanding section 5, a person may apply for, be issued with or hold one river specific inland fishery licence in any season for each area designated by the minister under section 4.1 together with another licence issued under this Part.

(b)
angle in a river or brook set out in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
),

unless he or she is the holder of a valid inland fishery licence or a valid family inland fishery licence or a river specific inland fishery licence.

(2)
[Rep. by NLR 39/05 s4]

(3)
When a holder of an inland fishery licence or a family inland fishery licence, or a person angling under the authority of a family inland fishery license, to take salmon, hooks a salmon by angling, unless the salmon is released back into the water, that person shall immediately affix and lock or seal his or her tag through the gills and mouth of the salmon so that it cannot be removed without breaking the lock, or cutting, breaking or tearing the tag, mouth or gills.

6.1
Where a person has been convicted of an offence with respect to the illegal possession, sale or trafficking of fish under the Fishery (General) Regulations
(Canada) or the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada), his or her inland fishery licence shall be cancelled immediately and he or she shall not be entitled to obtain an inland fishery licence for a period not exceeding 5 years from the date of that conviction as the minister may determine.

7.
(1) A parent or guardian or grandparent who is the holder of a valid family inland fishery licence shall accompany and supervise children and grandchildren under the age of 18 years while they are angling under authority of that licence.

(1.1)
A spouse or cohabiting partner angling under the authority of a valid family inland fishery licence shall angle in the immediate area of and within sight of the holder of the family inland fishery licence.

(2)
Where more than one person is angling under the authority of a family inland fishery licence, for the purpose of determining the catch limit, all fish caught by those persons shall be considered to be the catch of the holder of the licence.

8.
(1) Every holder of an inland fishery licence or a family inland fishery licence shall carry the licence while angling and shall produce it on the demand of a wild life officer, fishery officer or fishery guardian.

(2)
Where children under the age of 18 years are angling under the authority of a family inland fishery licence, the parent or guardian or grandparent accompanying and supervising those children and grandchildren shall carry the licence and produce it on demand of a wild life officer, fishery officer or fishery guardian.

8.1
(1) An angler with a disability may specify one designated angler to angle and retain the species set out in the licence of the angler with a disability, in the area permitted and within the bag limits set by law.

(2)
A designated angler shall

(a)
keep within 100 metres of the angler with a disability, except when in pursuit of a fish that has been hooked for the angler with a disability;

(b)
possess the licence and tags of the angler with a disability at all times while angling for that angler with a disability; and

(c)
immediately affix and lock a tag to a salmon caught for the angler with a disability in the manner described in subsection 6(3).

(3)
Where a designated angler retains and tags a salmon, the angler with a disability shall immediately take possession of and retain the salmon.

10.
(1) The minister may, upon application by any person, issue to that person

(a)
a trapper's licence to take or kill fur bearing animals except beaver;

(b)
a live fur bearing animal export licence to export from the province live fur bearing animals;

(c)
a fur exporter's licence to export from the province the skins or pelts of fur bearing animals;

(d)
a fur dealer's store licence to engage in the business of buying the skins or pelts of fur bearing animals upon premises specified in that licence;

(e)
a travelling fur dealer's licence to engage in the business of buying the skins or pelts of fur bearing animals at any place other than upon premises in respect of which the minister decides that a fur dealer's store licence is required;

(f)
a trapper's beaver licence to take or kill beaver; or

(g)
a beaver trapline licence to take or kill beaver.

(2)
Licences issued under subsection (1) are valid for the following periods only:

(a)
in relation to a trapper's licence, a trapper's beaver licence and a beaver trapline licence, the period of the open season in respect of which it is issued;

(b)
in relation to a fur exporter's licence, a fur dealer's store licence and a travelling fur dealer's licence, the period July 1 to June 30 following;

(c)
in relation to all other licences, during the period from the date of issue until December 31 in the same year.

(3)
[Rep by 94/17 s4]

(4)
A non-resident shall not be issued with a trapper's licence, a trapper's beaver licence or a beaver trapline licence.

12.
A travelling fur dealer's licence authorizes the purchase of the skins or pelts of fur bearing animals at any place other than upon any premises in respect of which a fur dealer's store licence is required under these regulations.

13.
The minister may issue, free of charge to a person, a fur exporter's licence for the export of the skin or pelt of any fur bearing animal as a specimen, gift or trophy or for scientific or other purposes, not for sale or profit.

14.
(1) A person shall not hunt, trap, take or kill any fur bearing animal except during the open season prescribed in these regulations or in any order made under them.

(2)
A person shall not possess a trap, snare or other device commonly used to take fur bearing animals in any area frequented by wild life except during the open seasons prescribed in an order made under these regulations.

(3)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill a fur bearing animal by means of firearms except that the holder of a trapper's licence who is also the holder of a permit to carry firearms may use that firearm to kill fur bearing animals that are alive in traps or snares.

(4)
Notwithstanding subsection (3),

(a)
the hunting, taking and killing of fur bearing animals by means of firearms is permitted in the Labrador
portion of the province; and

(b)
the hunting, taking and killing of coyote, fox and lynx, by the holder of a trapper’s licence using a center-fire rifle not greater than .225 calibre or a shotgun using shot size 2 or larger is permitted on the Island portion of the province.

16.
The minister may, by order, prescribe an open season in respect of the fur bearing animals and that order may be made so as to apply to the whole of the province or to the part or parts of it that may be specified in the order.

18.
The holder of a trapper's licence, trapper's beaver licence or beaver trapline licence shall not trap, take or kill any fur bearing animal unless he or she has his or her licence on his or her person.

20.
The owner or operator of a licensed fur farm or custodian of a fur bearing animal on a licensed fur farm shall not feed or cause to be fed the meat of any game animal to fur bearing animals maintained or kept in captivity on the licensed fur farm except under a permit from the minister.

21.
A person, on his or her own behalf or as agent for any person or common carrier, shall not receive for export or cause to be exported or carried out of the province any live fur bearing animal unless a live fur bearing animal export licence, issued and valid under these regulations, is produced to cover the shipment.

22.
A person, on his or her own behalf or as agent for any person or common carrier, shall not receive for export or cause to be exported or carried out of the province the raw or undressed skin or pelt of a fur bearing animal except in pursuance and by virtue of a permit issued by the minister.

23.
The master, owner, purser, other officer or any member of the crew of any vessel or aircraft shall not abet or knowingly permit the export of any live fur bearing animal in respect of which a live fur bearing animal export licence has not been issued by the minister.

24.
(1) Every holder of a trapper's licence shall, on or before June 30, furnish to the Wild Life Division a return in the form that the minister may prescribe, setting out the number and kinds of fur bearing animals taken by him or her during the period of validity of the licence.

(2)
The holder of a fur exporter's licence shall make a return to the Wild Life Division within 30 days of the date of the expiration of the licence upon the form and in the manner prescribed by the minister of the quantities and kinds and values of all skins or pelts of fur bearing animals exported under authority of the licence.

(3)
Every holder of a fur exporter's licence who is not a resident of the province or who terminates his or her residence in the province shall make that return before he or she leaves the province.

26.
(1) A trapper's beaver licence and beaver trapline licence shall state the area in which and the period during which it is lawful for the holder of it to take or kill beaver.

(2)
The holder of a licence referred to in subsection (1) shall be entitled to take or kill not more than the number of beaver specified in the licence.

(3)
The holder of a licence referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to have in his or her possession between the dates specified in the licence not more than the number specified in it of green or untanned or undressed hides or pelts of any beaver lawfully taken under the licence.

27.
(1) This section applies to the trapping of beaver in any area designated as a Beaver Management Area in an order for beaver trapping and for the purpose of this section, "order" means an order made under these regulations.

(2)
The minister may issue for any area designated in the order a beaver trapline licence to any person who, upon investigation, is found entitled to it.

(3)
An applicant for a beaver trapline licence shall make application to the nearest wild life officer and with his or her application shall submit evidence as to the length of time he or she has trapped and in his or her application shall describe as accurately as possible the area in which he or she proposes to trap.

(4)
A beaver trapline licence shall authorize the holder to trap beaver in and over the area described or shown on a plan or map provided to the licensee and during the period or periods prescribed in the order.

(5)
Where, in the opinion of the minister, the trapline area produces sufficient animals for 2 or more trappers, he or she may divide that area into 2 or more traplines as he or she may consider appropriate.

(6)
Where, in the opinion of the minister, the trapline does not produce sufficient animals for one trapper, he or she may amalgamate 2 or more trapline areas into one as he or she considers appropriate.

(7)
A person may not hold more than one trapper's beaver licence or more than one beaver trapline licence and a person may not hold both licences at the same time.

(8)
A person other than the holder of a beaver trapline licence may not hunt, trap, take or have in his or her possession any beaver in any trapline area but the minister may, where the holder of a licence, because of illness or other reasons, is unable to carry out his or her trapline operations upon the application of the licensee, authorize another party to take or possess beaver in or over the trapline area, on behalf of the licensee.

(9)
Except as provided in subsection (8) the holder of a beaver trapline licence shall not employ or allow another person to hunt, trap, take or possess beaver in or over the trapline area assigned to him or her.

(10)
The holder of a beaver trapline licence shall not hunt, trap or take beaver outside the trapline area assigned to him or her.

(11)
The holder of a beaver trapline licence shall not use a trap that has not been tagged with a metal tag bearing the number of his or her licence.

(12)
Where any part of a Beaver Management Area is not being utilized as a trapline area, the minister may issue a special permit or licence authorizing beaver trapline in that area on those terms and conditions that he or she considers fair and reasonable.

(13)
Beaver trapline licences may be renewed at the discretion of the minister on those terms and conditions and upon payment of those fees that may be in force but the holder of a trapline licence in any year who wishes to renew his or her licence for the following year shall on or before October 15 apply for renewal of his or her licence.

(14)
A person who fails, neglects or refuses to apply for a licence renewal before the date referred to in subsection (13) shall be considered to have forfeited his or her licence and the right to the trapline area covered by that licence and the forfeited licences may be granted to another applicant.

(15)
The minister may, where he or she considers it necessary for conservation purposes, prohibit the holder of a beaver trapline licence from trapping over the area assigned to him or her but when that area may again be opened for trapping, that person shall have prior claim to any beaver trapline licence that may be issued so long as it has not been demonstrated that the person was responsible for the decline of the beaver in the trapline area.

(16)
The holder of a beaver trapline licence shall fully utilize the trapline area assigned to him or her during a trapping season and failure to harvest a sufficient number of beaver shall be considered sufficient grounds for the cancellation of the beaver trapline licence.

(17)
The minister may withhold renewal of a beaver trapline licence to a person who in his or her opinion has failed to provide various data and beaver parts required to ensure the sound management of the species in that area and that licence shall not be renewed until the minister is satisfied that the person shall comply with those conditions in the future.

28.
The holder of a trapper's beaver licence and a beaver trapline licence who takes or kills a beaver shall, within 14 days after the close of the open season stated on that licence, present the cured pelts or skins of that beaver together with the licence issued to him or her and the return form attached to the licence to a wild life officer or shall forward them to the Wild Life Division so that the skins may be measured, sealed or marked in a manner prescribed by the minister.

29.
A person shall not present or permit to be presented to a wild life officer for sealing or marking the skin or pelt of a beaver that was not taken by him or her in accordance with a valid trapper's beaver licence or a beaver trapline licence issued to him or her in accordance with these regulations and a person shall not be a party to having or attempting to have a skin or pelt of any beaver sealed or marked by a wild life officer that was not taken under and in accordance with the licence that is presented to the wild life officer with the skins or pelts.

33.
The holder of a trapper's beaver licence or a beaver trapline licence shall complete the return form attached to the licence whether or not any beaver were taken and forward it to the Wild Life Division within 14 days of the close of the open season stated in the licence.

34.
The holder of a fur dealer's store licence or a travelling fur dealer's licence shall complete the return form attached to the licence and forward it to the Wild Life Division within 30 days of the date of expiration of the licence.

35.
(1) The minister may, upon application by a person or any 2 or more persons, issue a big game licence to take big game by shooting.

(2)
There shall be issued with every big game licence, except a big game licence for the shooting of bear, one or more seals or tags or both, and those seals or tags shall bear the same number as the licence.

(3)
Every licence, seal or tag issued under subsections (1) and (2) is valid only until the big game animal has been killed or for the period of the open season in respect of which the licence, seal or tag is issued, whichever first occurs.

(4)
Where a big game licence is issued to 2 or more persons, each of those persons is for the purpose of these regulations considered to be the holder of that licence.

(5)
A resident who holds a big game licence under this section that is issued through a draw process may hold only one big game licence to shoot a moose or one big game licence to shoot a caribou in a 12 month period ending April 30.

(6)
This subsection does not prevent the holder of either of these licences from holding a regular caribou hunting licence for the northern zone of Labrador nor does it prevent the holder of a special caribou licence or of a regular caribou licence for the northern zone of Labrador from holding one of the big game licences issued through a draw process.

(7)
A person shall not possess or transport big game unless the seal or tag issued with the licence has been affixed and locked to the carcass between the tendon and the bone of each quarter so that the seal or tag cannot be removed without breaking the lock or cutting, breaking or tearing the tag, tendon or bone.

(8)
The seal or tag shall be affixed and locked on the big game animal before it is moved from the place of kill and before it is brought into a hunting camp, structure, dwelling or other place of abode occupied overnight or before being placed wholly or partially on a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, aircraft or boat.

(9)
The seal or tag affixed and locked on the big game animal shall remain in the possession of the licence holder or licence holders until the meat of that big game animal has been utilized.

(10)
Where the holder of a licence gives an entire quarter of a big game animal gratuitously to another person, the seal or tag shall remain in possession of that person until he or she has utilized all the meat of that quarter.

(11)
Every holder of a big game licence shall be named and described in that licence.

(12)
When 2 persons are the holders of one big game licence, both of those persons may carry firearms and hunt provided they are in the immediate area of and within sight of each other while both are hunting and both licence holders are guilty of an offence if they are not in the immediate area of and within sight of each other while hunting.

(13)
Either of the holders of one big game licence may hunt alone provided that he or she has the licence and seals or tags issued with that licence on his or her person.

(14)
The persons who are named in a licence to shoot big game are the only persons eligible to hunt with the licence.

(15)
One moose or one caribou may be taken for each big game licence and if more than one is taken, both holders of the licence are guilty of an offence.

(16)
Subsections (9) to (13) do not apply in the Labrador
portion of the province where one person may be designated to hunt for another in accordance with the provisions of an order made under these regulations.

(17)
When more than 2 persons are the holders of one big game licence to hunt polar bear, all of those persons may carry firearms and hunt provided they are in the immediate area of and in sight of each other while hunting and all licence holders are guilty of an offence if they are not in the immediate area of and within sight of each other while hunting.

(18)
For the purposes of this section, place of kill means the area included in a 10 metre radius from where the animal is dropped by the hunter.

36.2
(1) The minister may, upon application from a person who has a disability affecting hunting activities, issue a big game licence under section 35.

(2)A hunter with a disability

(a)
who is legally blind shall; or

(b)
who is not legally blind may

specify one designated hunter to shoot and retrieve the type and sex of big game animal named on the licence of the hunter with a disability.

(3)A designated hunter shall, at all times while hunting for a hunter with a disability,

(a)keep the hunter with a disability within sight or keep within 800 metres of the hunter with a disability; and

(b)possess the licence and tags of the hunter with a disability.

(4)
Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(a), a designated hunter is not required to keep the hunter with a disability within sight or keep within 800 metres of the hunter with a disability
when that designated hunter is in pursuit of an animal that he or she has injured.

(5)
A person may not be specified as a designated hunter more than once in a season.

38.
The minister may, by order, prescribe an open season in respect of the big game animals and that order may be made so as to apply to the whole of the province or to the part or parts of it that may be specified in the order.

40.
(1) A person shall not use a dog for the purpose of hunting big game.

(2)
A person shall not, while hunting small game with a dog, hunt, take or kill any big game and if the dog, accompanied by a person hunting small game, hunts, tracks, follows, pursues or worries big game, then that person shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)
A person who owns a dog shall not permit the dog to chase or harass wild life.

(4)
Notwithstanding subsection (3), dogs may be used to hunt and retrieve small game during the open seasons for that game.

(a)
a person shall not sell or purchase, attempt to sell or purchase or otherwise traffic in a big game animal or parts of it;

(b)
a person shall not have possession of a big game animal or parts of it but this provision does not apply to

(i)
the holder of a big game licence where the big game animal has been taken in accordance with these regulations,

(i.1)
a person who has been specified as a designated hunter by a hunter with a disability where the big game animal has been taken in accordance with these regulations,

(ii)
a person who gratuitously receives from the holder of a big game licence a big game animal or parts of it taken in accordance with these regulations,

(iii)
the sale, purchase or possession of a big game animal or parts of it that has been imported for commercial purposes under authority of a permit to import, or

(iv)
the possession of a big game animal or parts of it that has been marketed under a commercial caribou harvesting licence, a wholesale caribou meat licence, a retail caribou meat licence or a wild meat service licence.

(2)
A person shall not take, possess or traffic in a big game animal or parts of it that has been killed or injured by motor vehicles, railway trains or other accident or as a result of disease or other causes.

(3)
The minister may upon application issue a permit to import the meat of big game animals for commercial purposes.

(4)
The sale of moose and caribou parts is permitted by the holder of a big game licence, where the animal has been taken in accordance with these regulations, to manufacturers of crafts operating within the province and recognized by the department responsible for craft development.

(5)
Shed antlers may be collected and sold to manufacturers of crafts operating within the province and recognized by the department responsible for craft development.

(6)
A permit to collect shed antlers, containing the conditions of sale, shall be obtained from the minister or an agent of the minister for collection and sale under subsection (5).

(7)
Moose and caribou parts may be collected to be sold to manufacturers of crafts operating within the province and recognized by the department responsible for craft development, or for the personal use of the collector.

(8)
A permit to collect moose and caribou parts, specifying the parts to be collected and containing conditions of the disposition of those parts, shall be obtained from the minister or an agent of the minister for collection and sale under subsection (7).

(9)
Craft manufacturers purchasing big game animal parts shall obtain a permit to purchase moose and caribou animals parts, containing the conditions of purchase, authorized by the minister or an agent of the minister.

46.
(1) The minister may, upon application by a person, company or corporation, issue to that person, company or corporation a commercial caribou harvesting licence for the hunting, taking, processing, storing, shipping and selling of caribou and caribou by-products.

(2)
A commercial caribou harvesting licence shall expire on December 31 in each year.

(3)
Applications for commercial caribou harvesting licence renewal shall be reviewed annually, after evaluation of the health of the herd.

49.
The holder of a commercial caribou harvesting licence shall affix and lock a tag between the tendon and the bone and around the bone of each quarter of caribou meat before it is shipped from the processing facility.

51.
The holder of a commercial caribou harvesting licence shall not sell caribou meat to a wholesale or retail business that is not in possession of a wholesale caribou meat licence, a retail caribou meat licence or a wild meat service licence.

52.
The minister may, upon application by a wholesale business, issue to that wholesale business a licence for the purchase and sale of caribou meat, by the quarter, taken on a commercial caribou harvesting licence.

56.
The holder of a wholesale caribou meat licence shall not sell caribou meat to a wholesale or retail business that is not in possession of a wholesale caribou meat licence, a retail caribou meat licence or a wild meat service licence.

57.
The tag that is affixed and locked between the tendon and the bone and around the bone of each quarter of caribou meat shall not be removed while it is in possession of the holder of a wholesale caribou meat licence.

58.
The minister may, upon application by a retail business, issue to that retail business a licence for the purchase of caribou meat from the holder of a commercial caribou harvesting licence or the holder of a wholesale caribou meat licence and to sell the caribou meat at retail.

60.
The tag that is affixed and locked between the tendon and the bone and around the bone of each quarter of caribou meat shall not be removed until the quarter of meat has been cut and packaged by the holder of a retail caribou meat licence.

63.
A person who purchases caribou meat from the holder of a commercial caribou harvesting licence, the holder of a wholesale caribou meat licence or the holder of a retail caribou meat licence shall produce proof of purchase if requested to do so by a wild life officer.

64.
(1) The minister may, by issue of a wild meat service licence, authorize the owner or operator of a tourist establishment licensed under the Tourist Establishments Act
or a person licensed under the Food and Drug Act
(Canada) to purchase from the holder of a permit to sell, during the open season and 7 days after that, big game legally taken, and to serve that game to customers.

(2)
The holder of a big game licence may, during the open season and for 7 days after that, obtain from a wild life officer a permit to sell big game legally taken by him or her to any holder of a wild meat service licence.

(3)
A wild meat service licence shall expire on August 31 in each year.

(4)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall keep records and make a return to the Wild Life Division at the end of each month recording the name and address of the sellers, the purchases made and the quantities served during the month and the stock on hand at the end of the month.

(5)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall produce the records when requested to do so by a wild life officer.

(6)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall not sell or serve or offer to sell or serve big game except in the form of cooked meals prepared for consumption on the premises or elsewhere.

(a)
a skin exporter's licence to export from the province the skins or hides of big game animals; and

(b)
a skin dealer's licence to purchase or receive for processing the skins or hides of big game animals.

(2)
A licence issued under this section is valid to the end of the year in which the licence is issued.

(3)
The holder of a skin dealer's licence shall, within 30 days of the expiration of the licence, make a return to the minister in form prescribed by the minister and the return shall include the date on which each skin or hide was received by the holder of the licence, the name and address of the seller, the consideration for the transaction, the number of the big game licence under which the animal was taken, the species of animal and the disposition of the skin.

(4)
Notwithstanding section 63, skins or hides of big game animals taken in accordance with these regulations may

(a)
be exported by the holder of a skin exporter's licence; and

(b)
be sold to the holder of a skin dealer's licence by the holder of the big game licence under which the animals were taken.

69.
(1) A person killing big game shall remove the same from the place where it was killed on or before the close of the season for that game.

(2)
A person who, having killed any big game during the open season for that game, is unable to remove the same from the place where it was killed before the close of the season open for that game, shall apply to the nearest wild life officer for a permit to transport game in closed season.

(3)
A permit to transport big game in closed season may be issued by a wild life officer to a person upon application by that person who shall provide the following information:

(a)
the location of the game so killed;

(b)
the date on which the game was killed; and

(c)
the destination to which the game is to be transported.

(4)
A permit to transport big game in closed season shall contain the following information:

(a)
the name of the person to whom it is issued;

(b)
the date on which the game was killed;

(c)
the location of the game so killed;

(d)
the destination to which the game is to be transported;

(e)
the date of the application and issuance of the permit; and

(f)
the date on which the permit expires.

(5)
A permit to transport game in closed season shall not be valid after the expiration of a period of 7 days following the date of issuance unless that permit is endorsed by the issuing officer that it is valid for a longer period.

(6)
In this section, a person who has killed game includes a hunter with a disability who specifies a designated hunter under these regulations.

70.
(1) Each holder of a big game licence shall, within 7 days after the close of the open season for which the licence is valid, surrender his or her licence to the nearest wild life officer or forward by registered mail to the Wild Life Division.

(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), each holder of a big game licence shall, within 7 days after the date on which the animal was taken under the licence, surrender his or her licence to a person named in subsection (1).

(3)
Every holder of a big game licence shall, within 7 days after making a kill, fill in and forward to the Wild Life Division the return form attached to the licence and licence holders failing to make a kill shall complete and forward the return form within 7 days after the close of the season.

(4)
In this section, a holder of a big game licence includes a hunter with a disability.

73.
The minister may, by order, prescribe an open season in respect of the small game species and that order may be made so as to apply to the whole of the province or to a part or parts of it that may be specified in the order.

74.
(1) A person who is not the holder of a small game licence issued and valid under these regulations shall not hunt, take or kill small game except wild birds which may be hunted, taken or killed by the holder of a migratory game bird hunting permit.

(2)
A person shall not hunt wild birds permitted to be hunted under the authority of a permit issued under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
(Canada) unless he or she is the holder of a Canada Migratory Game Bird Hunting Permit issued under the authority of the Migratory Birds Regulations
(Canada).

(3)
A holder of a small game licence shall not hunt, take or kill any small game unless he or she has his or her licence on his or her person.

76.
(1) The minister may, by issue of a wild meat service licence, authorize the owner or operator of any tourist establishment licensed under the Tourist Establishments Act
or any person licensed under the Food and Drug Act
(Canada) to purchase from the holder of a permit to sell during the open season and 7 days after that small game legally taken, except migratory birds, and to serve that game to customers.

(2)
The holder of a small game licence may, during the open season and for 7 days after that, obtain from any wild life officer a permit to sell game legally taken by him or her, except migratory birds, to any holder of a wild meat service licence.

(3)
A person shall not sell or purchase or offer to sell or purchase or expose for sale any migratory game bird, migratory insectivorous bird or migratory non-game bird.

(4)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall keep records and make a return to the Wild Life Division at the end of each month recording the name and address of the sellers, the purchases made and the quantities served during the month and the stock on hand at the end of the month.

(5)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall produce the records when requested to do so by a wild life officer.

(6)
The holder of a wild meat service licence shall not sell or serve or offer to sell or serve small game except in the form of cooked meals prepared for consumption on the premises or elsewhere.

(7)
A wild meat service licence shall expire on August 31 in each year.

77.
(1) Subject to sections 76 and 87, a person shall not sell or purchase, or offer to sell or purchase, or expose for sale any ptarmigan and an owner or occupier of a restaurant, boarding house, roadhouse, tavern, lunch counter or tourist establishment as defined by the Tourist Establishments Act
shall not serve ptarmigan or cause or permit ptarmigan to be served.

(2)
When an offence, for which the owner or occupier of any premises mentioned in subsection (1) is liable, has been committed by the manager, agent, servant or other person, that manager, agent, servant or other person is liable to the same penalty as if he or she were the owner or occupier of the premises.

(3)
Where the owner or occupier of any premises mentioned in subsection (1) is charged with an offence against this section, he or she shall be entitled, upon information duly laid by him, to have another person whom he or she charges as the actual offender brought before the court at the time appointed for the hearing of the charge and if, after the commission of the offence has been proved, he or she proves to the satisfaction of the court that he or she has used due diligence to enforce compliance with this section and the other person has committed the offence in question without his or her knowledge, consent or connivance, that other person may be summarily convicted of the offence and the owner or occupier shall be exempt from any penalty.

78.
(1) A person shall not place any wild bird in storage in a commercial, company or private cold storage, bait depot or other freezer, except during the open season for birds of each species and for 7 days after that.

(2)
A person shall not accept any wild birds in a commercial, company or private cold storage, bait depot or other freezer, except during the open season for birds of each species and for 7 days after that.

(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to wild birds or parts of them placed in storage by a wild life officer engaged in the execution of his or her duties.

79.
(1) A person shall not set or use or cause to be set or used any pitfall, trap or snare for the purpose of taking or killing wild birds, except the holder of a small game licence may be permitted to take ptarmigan, spruce grouse and ruffed grouse by snaring.

(2)
A person shall not set or use or cause to be set or used a net of any description for the purpose of taking or killing small game.

(3)
A person shall not set or use a fish hook or snare equipped with a fish hook or other similar device for the purpose of taking or killing small game.

(4)
Every person who has set or used a snare or trap which may legally be set in accordance with these regulations shall take up or spring the snare or trap on or before the last day of the season during which a snare or trap may legally be set.

81.2
(1) The minister may, by order, prescribe an open season for coyote and that order may be made to apply to the whole of the province or to a part of the province that may be specified in the order.

(2)
The minister may, by order, set a limit on the number of coyote that may be taken during an open season.

82.
Subject to subsection 7(3) of the Act and subject to these regulations, every person in possession or control of live wild life shall, immediately upon coming into that possession or control, apply in writing to the minister for a permit to keep the live wild life in captivity.

82.1
(1) Notwithstanding subsection 2.1(1), every person in possession or control of a live fur bearing animal that has been born or bred in captivity and is to be maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm shall, immediately upon coming into that possession or control, apply in writing to the minister for a permit to keep the live fur bearing animal in captivity.

(a)
a person shall not import or bring into the province any wild animal;

(b)
a person shall not bring into the island portion of the province from Labrador
any wild animal.

(2)
For the purpose of this part the term "wild animal" means any live animal, including without limitation, any amphibian, arthropod, bird, coelenterate, crustacean, fish, other invertebrate, mammal, mollusk or reptile, whether or not bred, hatched or born in captivity and including any egg or offspring of them.

(3)
A person shall not have possession of any wild animal which has been imported into the province or has been brought into the island portion of the province from Labrador
without the prior written permission of the minister.

(4)
This section does not apply to wild animals set out in Schedule B.

83.1
(1) Notwithstanding subsection 2.1(1), except with the prior written permission of the minister, a person shall not

(a)
import or bring into the province; or

(b)
bring into the island portion of the province from Labrador

a fur bearing animal that has been born or bred in captivity and is to be maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm.

(2)
A person shall not have possession of a fur bearing animal that has been born or bred in captivity and is maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm, which has been imported into the province or has been brought into the island portion of the province from Labrador without the prior written permission of the minister.

(3)
This section does not apply to Mustela vison
(mink), Vulpes vulpes
(Coloured fox) or Alopex lagopus
(Blue (Arctic) Fox) but does apply to a hybrid of one or both of those species.

84.
A person shall not release into natural cover any wild animal imported into the province or propagated from stock imported into the province or brought into the island portion of the province from Labrador or propagated from stock brought from Labrador
.

84.1
Notwithstanding subsection 2.1(1), a person shall not release or permit the escape of, or attempt to release or permit the escape of, a fur bearing animal that is maintained or kept in captivity on a licensed fur farm.

86.
These regulations do not apply to a person who does an act prohibited by the regulations if it is done for scientific purposes or for the purpose of conservation of wild life and the person has obtained before the act the written permission of the minister or his or her agent.

87.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the minister or his or her agent may by written permission authorize any religious, charitable or educational organization to serve the meat of game with meals, for which a charge is made, where the game

(a)
has been taken in accordance with these regulations; or

(b)
has been forfeited and donated without charge to the organization.

(2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the minister or an agent of the minister may issue a permit authorizing the possession of any wild life for mounting that has been taken by accidental means.

90.
A person shall not sell or purchase or attempt to sell or purchase or otherwise traffic in or have in his or her possession or under his or her control any wild life taken contrary to these regulations.

91.
The minister may issue game and fishing licences, tags and seals free of charge to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, the Honourable the Premier, former premiers and distinguished visitors to the province.

91.1
(1) A licence shall not be issued to a person, including a person who has a disability affecting hunting activities, to hunt, take or kill an animal

(a)
by trapping unless the person has completed, where required by the minister, a trapping education course or program; and

(b)
by shooting or with a firearm unless the person has completed, where required by the minister,

(i)
a hunting education course or program, and

(ii)
a firearm safety course or program.

(2)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b), a person who is legally blind may be exempted from the standard testing in a hunting education or firearm safety course or program which requires vision to perform if he or she provides a certificate from a health care provider certifying that he or she is legally blind.

91.2
(1) A licence that permits a youth to use a firearm shall not be issued to a youth without the written consent of a parent or a person who has custody of the youth where

(a)the youth is under 16 years of age and the licence is a trapper's licence issued under Part II or III;

(b)the youth is under 18 years of age and the licence is a big game licence issued under Part IV;

(c)the youth is under 16 years of age and the licence is a small game licence issued under Part V; and

(d)the youth is under 16 years of age and the licence is a coyote licence issued under Part V.1.

(2)The minister may prescribe the form in which written consent under this section is provided.

(3)
A youth or a designated adult accompanying and supervising the youth shall carry the written consent required under subsection (1) while carrying, transporting, possessing or using firearms in any place frequented by wild life.

(4)
A youth under 16 years of age who is hunting under the authority of a permit issued under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
(Canada
) or a designated adult accompanying and supervising the youth shall carry the written consent of a parent or person who has custody of the youth to hunt by shooting or with a firearm.

92.
Notwithstanding the fees prescribed by the minister, the minister may, by order,

(a)
designate areas or zones in the Labrador portion of the province in which free licences for the hunting of caribou and free licences for the hunting of black bear may be issued subject to the conditions set out in the order;

(b)
designate areas or zones in the Labrador portion of the province in which special licences for the hunting of caribou and special licences for the hunting of black bear may be issued at a fee prescribed by the minister subject to the conditions set out in the order; and

(c)
designate areas or zones in the Labrador
portion of the province in which free licences for the hunting of small game may be issued subject to the conditions set out in the order.

93.
A person who loses or otherwise destroys his or her big game hunting licence may be issued a duplicate replacement licence upon submission of a duly completed affidavit and the payment of a fee as prescribed by the minister.

95.
(1) A person who, on behalf of the minister, issues a hunting or fishing licence for which a fee is charged may, in addition to that fee, charge the applicant an amount set by the minister to compensate the person for the time taken to issue the licence.

(2)
A person to whom subsection (1) applies shall also issue hunting and fishing licences for which no fee is charged but shall not charge the applicant an amount as compensation for the time taken to issue the licence.

99.
(1) A person shall not apply for a big game licence during the period during which he or she is prohibited from holding a big game licence by order of a court made under the provisions of section 29 of the Wild Life Act
.

(2) A big game licence shall be invalid if it is issued to a person who is prohibited from holding a big game licence by order of a court made under provisions of the Wild Life Act
.

(3)
A person shall not apply for a licence to hunt game during the period during which he or she is prohibited by a court from possessing a firearm.

(4)
A licence to hunt shall not be issued to a person who is prohibited by a court from possessing a firearm.

(5)
A licence to hunt shall be invalid if it is issued to a person who is prohibited by a court from possessing a firearm.

(6)
Notwithstanding subsections (3), (4) and (5), a person who is prohibited by a court from possessing a firearm may be issued a small game licence for snaring which shall be clearly marked "not valid for shooting".

101.
(1) A person shall not alter, change or deface in a material manner or loan or transfer to another person a hunting, trapping or inland fishery licence or written permission or tag issued under the Act or these regulations.

(2)
A person shall not angle for or hunt, take or kill wild life while in possession of or acting upon an inland fishery licence or a hunting or trapping licence or written permission or tag that has been altered, changed, defaced, loaned or transferred.

(3)
A person shall not carry or possess any firearm in an area known to be frequented by wild life while in possession of or acting upon any hunting licence or written permission that has been altered, changed, defaced, loaned or transferred.

(4)
In this section, "transfer" does not include the possession of a licence of a hunter with a disability by a designated hunter as required by subsection 36.2(3).

101.2
(1) Notwithstanding the requirement under these regulations to hold a valid licence in order to hunt, take or kill an animal by shooting or with a firearm, a designated adult may shoot an animal that has been injured by a youth hunting under a valid licence for the purpose of assisting the youth.

(2)
Notwithstanding paragraph 101.1(2)(a), a designated adult assisting a youth under subsection (1) shall keep the youth within sight at all times.

(3)
Notwithstanding paragraph 101.1(2)(a), a designated adult is not required to keep the youth within sight at all times where the designated adult is pursuing an animal that has been injured by the youth.

(b)
the person is not prohibited from carrying, transporting, possessing or using a firearm or from being a designated adult;

(c)
the person is eligible for the same type of licence under which the youth is hunting, taking or killing an animal by shooting; and

(d)
where the person is not a parent of the youth or does not have custody of the youth, he or she has been designated by a parent or person with custody of the youth to accompany and supervise the youth while the youth is hunting, taking or killing an animal by shooting.

(2)
A designated adult shall carry evidence of his or her eligibility under paragraph (1)(c) while accompanying and supervising a youth.

(3)
A designation under paragraph (1)(d) shall be in writing and signed by a parent or person in custody of the youth.

(4)
A designated adult or the youth that he or she is accompanying and supervising shall carry the designation required under this section while the youth is hunting, taking or killing an animal by shooting.

101.4
(1) A designated adult who contravenes a requirement or obligation imposed on him or her under this Part is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction

(a)
for a first offence to a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months;

(b)
for a second offence that occurs within 3 years of the first conviction to a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months; and

(c)
for a subsequent offence that occurs within 3 years of the previous convictions to a fine of $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months.

(2)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), the Provincial Court
judge shall, in addition to another penalty imposed for the offence, make an order prohibiting the person from being a designated adult under these regulations for a period of 2 years from the date of conviction.

(3)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (1)(c), the Provincial Court judge shall, in addition to another penalty imposed for the offence, make an order prohibiting the person from

(a)
being a designated adult under these regulations for a period of 5 years from the date of conviction; and

(b)
holding a trapper's licence issued under Part II, a big game licence issued under Part IV or a small game licence issued under Part V for 5 years from the date of conviction.

(4)
A person is guilty of an offence who, during a period of prohibition under subsection (2) or (3), accompanies or supervises a youth as a designated adult, applies for a licence, obtains a licence or makes a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a licence.

105.
(1) A person shall not hunt wild life from any aircraft or any four-wheel drive motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipped with a caterpillar or track-tread, whether in motion or otherwise, but this shall not limit the use of a vehicle when being used for transportation purposes only.

(2)
A person shall not use any aircraft in locating, spotting or searching for wild life for the purposes of directing or assisting himself or herself or another person to destroy or capture the wild life.

(3)
A person other than the holder of a valid game licence shall not carry or possess a firearm in an aircraft without first having obtained a permit from the minister.

(4)
Subsection (3) shall not apply to equipment carried on any aircraft in compliance with the provisions of the Aeronautics Act
(Canada
), the Air Regulations
(Canada
) and orders made under them or any aircraft flying a scheduled air service route.

(5)
Where a person violates the provisions of these regulations while in an aircraft, four-wheel drive motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipped with a caterpillar or track-tread and the actual offender has not been ascertained and prosecuted, the person in control of the aircraft or motor vehicle at the time of the offence is responsible for the violation and may be prosecuted as the offender.

(6)
Nothing in subsection (5) relieves the actual offender from liability for the violation.

107.
(1) A person other than a person holding a permit to carry, transport or possess firearms or ammunition issued to him or her by the minister or his or her agent shall not during the closed season carry, transport or possess a firearm or ammunition in any place known to be frequented by wild life, but a person travelling to a hunting area may, if he or she holds the proper game licence, carry, transport or possess a firearm or ammunition in an area known to be frequented by wild life if the firearm is cased or securely wrapped and tied.

(2)
[Rep. by NLR 20/06 s4]

(3)
A person shall not during any closed season for big game carry, transport or possess

(a)
a rifle or single bullet;

(b)
a rifled slug that can be fired from a shot gun; or

(c)
a ball that can be fired from a muzzle loader,

in any place known to be frequented by wild life, except a person during the prescribed open seasons may hunt small game with a .22 calibre rim-fire rifle or coyote with a centre-fire rifle not greater than .225 calibre.

(4)
A person other than the holder of a valid game licence issued to him or her shall not carry, transport or possess a firearm or ammunition during the open seasons for shooting in any place frequented by wild life, unless authorized by the minister or his or her agent.

(4.1)
Notwithstanding subsection (4), a person who is legally blind shall not carry, transport, possess or use a firearm for the purpose of hunting.

(4.2)
A person shall carry an outdoor identification card or other identification recognized by the minister while he or she is carrying, transporting, possessing or using a firearm under the authority of a valid licence in any place frequented by wild life.

(5)
A person, other than the holder of a big game licence, shall not, during an open season for big game carry, transport or possess

(a)
a rifle or single bullet;

(b)
a rifled slug that can be fired from a shotgun; or

(c)
a ball that can be fired from a muzzle loader,

in any place known to be frequented by wild life within a management area other than the management area in which the big game licence is valid, except a person may, during the prescribed open seasons, hunt small game with a .22 calibre rim-fire rifle or coyote with a centre-fire rifle not greater than .225 calibre.

(6)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any wild life with a repeating, automatic or autoloading shotgun which has not been permanently plugged or altered so that it is incapable of holding of total of more than 3 shells at one time in the chamber and magazine.

(7)
A person shall not carry, transport or possess a repeating, automatic or autoloading shotgun in an area frequented by wild life, unless that shotgun has been permanently plugged or altered so that it is incapable of holding a total of more than 3 shells in the chamber and magazine at one time.

(8)
A person shall not use for hunting or shooting wild life a set gun, swivel gun or the apparatus known as a silencer and for the purpose of this subsection, "set gun" means a contrivance, device or firearm capable of discharging or projecting a missile which is set to operate otherwise than in the presence of and by the direct act of user.

(9)
A person shall not carry, transport or possess a set gun, swivel gun or the apparatus known as a silencer in an area known to be frequented by wild life.

(10)
A person under the age of 12 years shall not carry, transport, possess or use firearms in any place frequented by wild life, except when authorized by a permit issued by the minister or his or her agent.

(10.1)
A person under the age of 18 years shall be accompanied and supervised by a designated adult where required under Part VII.1 while carrying, transporting, possessing or using firearms in any place frequented by wild life.

(11)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill wild life with fully automatic rifle.

(12)
Rep. by NR 82/99 s1

(13)
The holder of a trapper's licence may carry, transport, possess and use a .22 calibre rim-fire rifle to kill fur bearing animals that are alive in traps.

(14)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of a rifle of .22 calibre or a rifle using ammunition having a bullet weight of less than 100 grains or a muzzle energy less than 1,500 foot pounds or a shotgun smaller than 20 gauge calibre.

(15)
Notwithstanding subsection (14), the minister may by order designate areas or zones in the Labrador
portion of the province in which .22 calibre centre-fire rifles may be used to hunt big game.

(16)
A person shall not hunt any wild life and a person shall not carry, transport or possess in any area frequented by wild life a firearm which propels a missile by means of compressed air, compressed gas or by a spring but this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the hunting of wild life with hunting bows and hunting arrows as provided for in section 108.

(17)
A person engaged in a timber operation or in maintenance of a timber operation or in a mining operation or in the construction or maintenance of a railway or public work shall not possess, during a closed season for big game, a firearm in the vicinity of a dwelling place or structure used in connection with that unless authorized by the minister or his or her agent.

(18)
A person shall not possess in a fishing camp, hunting camp, summer cottage or other camp or cottage a firearm, during the periods of closed season, except that the minister or his or her agent may issue a permit to keep a firearm in that camp or cottage when the owner or occupier demonstrates the need to keep a firearm in that camp or cottage.

(19)
A person shall not carry, transport or possess a loaded firearm in or on or discharge the same from any aircraft, motor car or other vehicle and for the purpose of this subsection a firearm shall be considered loaded if it has a loaded shell or cartridge in the barrel or in the magazine and that magazine is affixed to the firearm in its usual position.

(20)
A person shall not discharge a firearm from or across a railway, highway, public road or private road.

(21)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of the fully metal cased non-exploding bullet or ball commonly known as service ammunition or subject to section 108, by a missile other than a single bullet or ball.

(22)
A person shall not carry, transport or possess a fully metal cased non-exploding bullet or ball commonly known as service ammunition in any area known to be frequented by wild life.

(23)
A person shall not use or possess ammunition that has been cut, ringed or in any way altered in any area known to be frequented by wild life.

(24)
A person holding a hunting licence shall not carry, transport or possess more than one firearm in an area known to be frequented by wild life unless each firearm in excess of one is unloaded and cased or securely wrapped and tied.

(25)
For the purpose of this section, the following calibres are considered to be .22 calibres: .218, .219, .220, .222, .22/250, .223, .224 and .225 whether or not these calibres may use ammunition having a bullet weight in excess of 100 grains or having a muzzle energy in excess of 1,500 foot pounds.

108.
(1) A person shall not hunt, take or kill any wild life by means of a cross bow and arrow.

(2)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of a long bow and arrow unless the long bow has at least 20 kilograms pull at full draw.

(3)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of a compound bow and arrow unless the compound bow has at least 20 kilograms pull at peak draw.

(4)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of a long bow or compound bow as provided in subsections (2) and (3) unless the arrow is tipped with a metal hunting head possessing 2 or more cutting surfaces retaining a sharpened edge.

(5)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any small game by means of a long bow and arrow unless the long bow has at least 10 kilograms pull at full draw.

(6)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any small game by means of a compound bow and arrow unless the compound bow has at least 10 kilograms pull at peak draw.

(7)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any small game by means of a long bow or compound bow as provided in subsections (5) and (6) unless the arrow is tipped with a blunt, bludgeon or other small game tip designed to kill by shock.

(8)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any wild life with an arrow that is tipped with poison or a drug.

(9)
A person shall not hunt, take or kill any wild life with an arrow that is equipped with barbed or explosive arrowheads.

(10)
A person shall not carry, possess or transport any arrow tipped with poison or a drug in any area known to be frequented by wild life.

(11)
A person shall not carry, possess or transport an arrow that is equipped with barbed or explosive arrowheads in any area known to be frequented by wild life.

110.
Except with the written authorization of the minister or an agent of the minister, a person shall not take, kill or possess any wild life by means of poison or set, lay out, put, place, cause or permit to be set, laid out, put or placed any poison or poisonous ingredients that may endanger wild life.

111.
(1) A person shall not discharge a firearm within 1,000 metres of a school, playground or athletic field or within 300 metres of a dwelling.

(2)
Every person who, while hunting, discharges or causes to be discharged or handles a firearm without exercising reasonable care for the safety of other persons, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not more than $500 or to imprisonment of a term of not more than 6 months, or both.

(3)
A person shall not hunt or discharge a firearm within 1,000 metres of a commercial wood cutting operation that has been clearly marked by signs stating "No Hunting".

(i)
in the case of a lake or pond, the lake or pond at which a co-operative camp or a cottage is located, and

(ii)
in the case of a river or stream, within 800 metres upstream or 800 metres downstream of a co-operative camp or a cottage;

(b)
"co-operative camp" means a non-commercial, private club, VIP
camp or military camp that was in existence on May 18, 1990
and which is used for the purposes of sport fishing and hunting;

(b.1)
"cottage" means a cabin, cottage, country home, vacation home or other similar structure which is not a primary residence and which is owned by a resident of the province but does not include a co-operative camp or a property owned by a corporate person;

(c)
"direct relative" means a father, mother, grandparent, sister, brother, son, daughter, grandchild or in-law who is a resident of the province;

(d)
"outfitter" means the owner or operator of a camp site, lodge, cabin and related facilities constructed solely for the purpose of and used solely as a base for outfitting operations for sports fishing or hunting and related commercial recreational activities that is licensed under theTourist Establishments Regulations;
and

(e)
"provincial highway" means a public highway maintained by the Department of Works, Services and Transportation and designated by a route number.

(2)
A non-resident shall not hunt, take or kill big game in any part of the province without employing and being accompanied by a licensed guide.

(3)
A non-resident shall not angle in non-scheduled inland waters of the province without possessing a valid non-resident

(a)
inland fishery licence to take trout; or

(b)
family inland fishery licence to take trout.

(3.1)
A non-resident shall not angle in scheduled inland waters of the province without possessing a valid non-resident

(a)
inland fishery licence to take salmon; or

(b)
family inland fishery licence to take salmon.

(3.2)
A non-resident, while angling in scheduled inland waters of the province, shall not retain trout without possessing a valid non-resident

(a)
inland fishery licence to take trout; or

(b)
family inland fishery licence to take trout.

(4)
Within the island portion of the province and south of 52° north latitude in Labrador, a non-resident shall not angle in any waters set out in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
) or other waters more than 800 metres from a provincial highway unless accompanied by a licensed guide or a direct relative.

(5)
North of 52° north latitude, a non-resident shall not angle for any species of fish in any inland waters without engaging the services of an outfitter except that

(a)
a non-resident who is the guest of a co-operative camp may angle in the waters adjacent to those camps if accompanied by a licensed guide;

(b)
a non-resident who is accompanied by a direct relative who is a resident may angle in any inland water north of 52° north latitude; and

(c)
in waters set out in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
), a non-resident licensed to fish for salmon may fish within 800 metres upstream and 800 metres downstream to a bridge on a provincial highway if accompanied by a licensed guide.

(6)
A non-resident may angle in any inland water within 800 metres of a provincial highway, other than waters set out in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
),
without using the services of an outfitter or without being accompanied by a licensed guide or a direct relative.

(7)
When 2 or more non-residents hunt or angle together, the number of guides shall not be less than one guide for each 2 non-residents.

(8)
Notwithstanding subsection (5), north of 52° north latitude, a non-resident who is a paying guest of a commercial tourist establishment licensed under the Tourist Establishment Regulations
enacted under the Tourist Establishments Act
may angle for fish in inland waters provided that he or she

(a)
returns to that tourist establishment each night;

(b)
utilizes the services of a licensed guide; and

(c)
does not fish within 2 kilometres, or a distance which the minister may establish, of an existing licensed outfitter camp site, lodge, cabin and related facilities.

(9)
Notwithstanding subsection (5), a non-resident who is a guest of a resident of the province at a cottage located in Labrador
may angle for fish in inland waters provided that he or she

(a)
fishes in waters adjacent to that cottage;

(b)
is accompanied by a licensed guide; and

(c)
a fee is not charged and remuneration is not paid for the guide service or for lodging, accommodations or meals at that cottage.